Dr Peter J. Timoney

UCD Alumni Award in Health and Agricultural Sciences 2025

MVB 1964

Through his visionary leadership and pioneering research, Dr Peter J. Timoney has had a profound global impact on equine veterinary science. He is an internationally acclaimed expert in equine infectious diseases and has made significant contributions to improving global practices in equine health and disease management. He has published extensively in the field, including on equine viral arteritis, contagious equine metritis, equine herpesviruses and equine encephalomyelitis. He is past president of the World Equine Veterinary Association, currently serves on the World Organisation for Animal Health International Horse Sports Confederation Technical Committee, and held research and academic appointments at the Irish Department of Agriculture Veterinary Research Laboratory, the Irish Equine Centre, and Cornell University, before joining the faculty in the Department of Veterinary Science at the University of Kentucky in 1983. He was appointed Director of the Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Centre in 1989 and held the Frederick Van Lennep Endowed Chair in Equine Veterinary Science from 1988 until his retirement in 2022. Peter was inducted into the University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Hall of Fame in 2009, and in 2022 he was awarded the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his service and steadfast commitment to equine health.